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Kevin Nilson

Team Lead of the Chromecast Technical Solutions Engineer team, a Java Champion and three time JavaOne Rock Star Presenter. Kevin has spoken at conferences such as JavaOne, Devoxx, JAX, O'Reilly Fluent, Silicon Valley Code Camp, JAX, HTML5DevConf, On Android, NFJS SpringOne and AjaxWorld. Kevin is the co-author of Web 2.0 Fundamentals. In the past Kevin was an adjunct professor at the College of San Mateo. Kevin holds a MS and BS in Computer Science from Southern Illinois University. Kevin is the leader of the Silicon Valley JavaScript Meetup, Silicon Valley Java User Group, Silicon Valley Google Developer Group, and Devoxx4Kids Bay Area.

Have you ever wanted to expand your web app to enable a multi-screen experience leveraging large display devices like a television? Google Cast allows you to share content with a Google Cast receiver device, such as a Chromecast. Google Cast web senders use the familiar controls of your desktop browser to control the experience of your application on the big screen. In this talk, Google Developer Advocate Kevin Nilson will talk about Chrome Sender App Development and HTML5/JavaScript Receiver Development. Kevin will also cover some of the best practices to keep your Cast experience simple, intuitive, and predictable.